Fake "Apple" apps appeared in Google Play Store

Apple apps in the Google Play Store? Obviously they have to be fake, right? Right. Six apps that come from "Apple Inc." somehow made their way into the Google Play Store, even priced the same as the legit apps in the Apple App Store. The six fakes included the incorrectly spelled "Garage Band" (as opposed to the correctly spelled Garageband), iPhoto, iMovie, Keynote, Numbers and Pages.

The real Garageband

Somebody at Google must have been tipped off because all of the fake apps have been removed. But the real question is, how did they get into the Google Play Store in the first place? This would be an excellent time for Google to do some investigating. In the meantime, if you did purchase the apps, you might just have to write them off as a loss or perhaps an email to Google will result in the charges being reversed. Whatever you do, you need to delete the apps immediately and pass the word on to your Android totin' buddies.

Before they were taken down, one purchaser of the fake iPhoto app gave it a 1-star review and said, "Wont open says not connected to internet when i am [sic]." If you did happen to purchase one of the six apps, or more, let us know what your experience was if you opened them, by leaving your comments in the box below.

I wish Apple would put GarageBand on Android and sell MicroUSB adapters for it or for Google to do something like GarageBand...
I'd seriously love to record my guitar with no background noise on my phone or tablet, but I guess PC will do for now.

6.XPERIA-KNIGHT (unregistered)

agreeing with him means agreeing with every other negative thing he HAS said and will CONTINUE to say.........yes he is correct here but its not about being correct with him its more about his hatred for android and google as a whole...........So dont fall for it bro I seen it too much to agree with it........peace

9.thelegend6657 (unregistered)

Well I know he hates android , but in this post he said the right thing so I thumbed him up when he says something that's irrelevant on the next post I will thumb him down again ? What's wrong with that ?

10.XPERIA-KNIGHT (unregistered)

why? because what he is "secretly" saying is...."See I told you google is no good" or " See Google doesnt know how to do anything good" ......and all other negative things.....Thats why you shouldnt support that until there is a sense of "sincerity" coming from him .....how will you know when? well you know if someone is yelling at you or if someone is glad to speak with you, do you not?

30.XPERIA-KNIGHT (unregistered)

yes we need criticism.....but unneccessary criticism is somthing different.....all in all well see how "consistant" he is in the future............ignore him? yea thats somthing ive done for a lot his post with the exception of a couple.........wondering how in the world this guy hasnt been banned yet......but ignoring is somthing you gotta do with someone like wendy lol........not him

Put down your phone/tablet/pc. Go outside, take a breath, see some friends, kiss your misses, have a bbq. Idk. Just do something other than study what some random person you dont know who really shouldnt matter posts about on a phone site.

46.XPERIA-KNIGHT (unregistered)

@XPERIA-KNIGHT: You seem to have developed an illness or an obsession dude. Who the f**k cares what he "usually" comments about? This ain't a novel with good/bad characters. Chill out and just read the damn opinion and then thumb up/down it accordingly...

Well, it´s the second post I have ever seem from him that makes some sense (in all times). You have to give him some credit for that :)
All the others where completelly and utterly useless bashing on Android.

26.thelegend6657 (unregistered)

He is a Apple troll who enjoys special relationship with PA since he rarely gets banned whereas i got banned for writingn "IFAIL" whereas PA writers themselves use phrases like GOOGLE FAIL. Maybe i will get a warning for posting this ...

27.thelegend6657 (unregistered)

Last week when i wanna post a comment on the Nexus s and xoom not getting 4.2 article my comment was blocked because it contain a banned word , guess what the banned word is ? googl
So its impossible to type google .

After sending a report to them they finaly fixed it

He didnt get banned because he doesnt use foul language and he doesnt flame wars . All he ever did is left a stupid comment and left . In the moderator's eyes he's a good boy

Not sure what you're talking about. Quality control is excellent, even better than Apple's. It was removed very quickly especially considering the amount of apps available... quality control is different than having a closed and restricted environment (despite this, Apple has even more percentage of malware). Check out the other article and you'll see how great their quality control is:

Dont agree totally about quality. Even tho I think iOS apps look and function better in some cases. E Trade app was one that was better on iOS. Thats one case and I dont think its bad on Android. Its just that on iOS its better. I will say for some apps that are on both Android and iOS....on Android I would call them good, iOS better.

Like E Trade....they looked the same, but was better functionality wise on iOS. Another example....speedtest.net app looked better on iOS....but functions about the same on both Android and iOS. And it looking better doesnt mean it looked like someone drew it in crayon on Android...lol.

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